Tresco Island

Inspired by the wild and whimsical Isle of Tresco, these images look to local folklore and nature found on the Scilly Isles. I created these artworks whilst on a trip away sketching the characters imagined as I explored the variety of magical woodlands, moorlands and beaches.

Below appears a Seal Shepherdess and a Bird Boy

An ancient Seal Shepherdess, rounding up a group of pinnipeds for counting. She uses a hard stare and glowing light to encourage them

An exhausted little bird boy sleeping soundly in a nest of twigs and thorns…